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Restored blackhouse in a museum on Trotternish, Skye. The origin of the name blackhouse is of some debate. On the Isle of Lewis, in particular, it seems to have been used to distinguish the older blackhouses from some of the newer white-houses (Irish: teach bán [ˌtʲax ˈbˠaːnˠ], teach geal [ˌtʲax ˈɟalˠ]; Scottish Gaelic: taigh-geal [t̪ʰə ˈkʲal̪ˠ]), with their harled (rendered ...
Garenin (Scottish Gaelic: Na Gearrannan) is a crofting township on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Garenin is in the Carloway municipality and has a population of about 80 people. It is also within the parish of Uig. [1]
Black House, a 2007 South Korean film, based on a Japanese book of the same name; Black House (Church of Satan), historic headquarters of the Church of Satan; Black House, Lviv, a Renaissance building on Lviv Market Square in Ukraine; Black House (MMA), a martial arts team and gym in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Arnol (Scottish Gaelic: Àrnoil) is a small village typical of many settlements of the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.Arnol is within the parish of Barvas, [1] and is situated on the A858.
Sales of council houses were popular in Scotland and until the mid-1990s, unlike in England, local authorities could use the whole of their capital receipts for development, including the building of new houses. [65] Under the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Homes was abolished and replaced by Communities Scotland in 2001, which had a ...
Excavations were conducted between 1986 and 1991, over time revealing the base courses of at least 15 houses. The houses have similarities to those of the early phase of Skara Brae in that they have central hearths, beds built against the walls and stone dressers, and internal drains, [53] but differ in that the houses seem to have been free ...
Dumfries House, Cardiff Castle, Bute House, Luton Hoo and Lansdowne House: Earl of Elgin: Broomhall House, Fife: Culross Abbey House Earl of Southesk: Elsick House, Kincardineshire: Duff House, Banffshire: Earl of Wemyss and March: Gosford House, East Lothian, Stanway House in Gloucestershire, Neidpath Castle, Peebles and Elcho Castle near ...
Black Clauchrie House is a late Victorian manor house, located on the outskirts of the village of Barrhill in South Ayrshire, Scotland, adjacent to the Galloway Forest Park. It is protected as a category C(s) listed building .